This week, we’re celebrating 50 years of the Housing Choice Voucher Program—HUD’s single largest investment in affordable housing. This program remains critical to expanding housing choice and ensuring safe, quality, and affordable homes for all Americans.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government Administration
Washington, D.C. 167,152 followers
About us
HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental homes; utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination, and transform the way HUD does business.
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http://www.hud.gov
External link for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Industry
- Government Administration
- Company size
- 10,001+ employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, D.C.
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 1965
Locations
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Primary
451 7th Street S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20410, US
Employees at U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Kia Booker Konde
Dedicated, Passionate Community Economic Development Professional living by the motto, "Lift As We Climb"
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Travis Campbell
Real Estate Finance at HUD
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Agnes Csicsai Wanderer
Senior Advisor to the CHCO at U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Brian Handshy, LEED Green Associate
Updates
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Under the Biden-Harris Administration, HUD has been committed to broadening affordable avenues to homeownership for millions of families. HUD is taking actions to expand housing counseling options to ensure families have access to quality, affordable homes. 🏠 1️⃣ Today, HUD appointed 11 key leaders to its Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee, helping shape the direction of its Housing Counseling Program and providing guidance on how to better serve prospective buyers, homeowners, and renters with their housing needs: https://lnkd.in/e5CGduy4 2️⃣ In September, HUD awarded $48 million to increase access to housing counseling services and strengthen the nation’s housing counseling workforce: https://lnkd.in/gCYRDizw 3️⃣ As part of the ongoing “Let’s Make Home the Goal” campaign, HUD launched a new partnership with Zillow to raise awareness of pre-purchase housing counseling designed to reach communities of color and break down systemic barriers to homeownership: https://lnkd.in/eihVR7tg 4️⃣ HUD also modernized a rule which will allow HUD-approved housing counseling agencies to use virtual methods to broaden access and reach even more people seeking assistance: https://lnkd.in/eihVR7tg 5️⃣ Earlier this year, HUD updated the Housing Counseling Program Handbook, which is now available in multiple languages to support the diverse communities HUD serves: https://lnkd.in/er9PNeuD HUD’s housing counseling tools are used by more than 3,000 people on average each day. To locate a HUD-approved housing counseling agency nationwide, please visit www.hud.gov/findacounselor.
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This #IndigenousPeoplesDay, HUD honors the resilience and heritage of Indigenous peoples in America. Central to HUD’s mission is our work to expand access to quality, affordable housing and strong, resilient communities for Native communities.
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Today, HUD announced $3 million to shelter victims displaced by Tropical Storm Helene in North Carolina and people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. We also announced a new streamlined waiver process to provide more flexibility for disaster response and recovery grants.
HUD Announces Funding to Support People Experiencing or at Risk of Homelessness in North Carolina
hud.gov
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Today, Acting Secretary Todman announced that HUD is awarding $5 million Winston-Salem State University and Tennessee State University to launch research centers where students will study housing and community development challenges and opportunities in underserved areas. This builds on the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic record in federal investments in HBCUs—totaling more than $16 billion. Read more about today’s announcement: https://lnkd.in/eyZQ-5Q5
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As of today, HUD has awarded more than $1.12 billion from President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act to communities across the nation to make nearly 26,000 rental homes more resilient, healthy, and safe for low-income residents. Read more: https://lnkd.in/euh2Kyyb
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reposted this
Exciting news - HUD announced that we are cutting the fee for our Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program in half! For fiscal year 2025, we are setting the upfront fee to offset credit subsidy costs at 0.82 percent for Section 108 loan borrowers. With our new reduced fee, we strongly encourage states and localities to consider applying for our low-interest, flexible funding to invest in transformational projects in your community. Email us at Section108@hud.gov to express interest and start the conversation today.
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The available grants will bolster ongoing efforts by advocacy organizations to address housing discrimination through 📚 fair housing education 📢 community outreach 🚫 and tougher enforcement Learn more about applying for funding: https://lnkd.in/esa_jYUN
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reposted this
🏠 Yesterday, Ginnie Mae Acting President Sam Valverde joined the "Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities" panel hosted by Nuveen, a TIAA company and the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU). He discussed Ginnie Mae's pivotal role in housing finance and the power of public-private partnerships in advancing affordable housing initiatives. Ginnie Mae is committed to fostering innovative solutions and partnerships that drive affordability and sustainability in the housing markets. #AffordableHousing #SustainableCommunities #PublicPrivatePartnerships #HousingFinance